Department news | May 31, 2020
We are delighted to announce that the Idaho Track of our department’s Psychiatry Residency Program will become a separate four-year psychiatry residency program based in Boise starting in July 2021! This means that we will have two psychiatry residency programs in our department – our existing Seattle-based program and the new UW Boise Psychiatry Residency. The […]
Department news | April 30, 2020
Washington State has a tremendous shortage of skilled behavioral health care professionals such as psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers and licensed counselors. With seed funding from the UW and in collaboration with the UW School of Social Work, the School of Computer Science and Engineering and the departments of Psychology and Computer Science & […]
Department news | January 31, 2020
Every year, faculty in our department teach a classroom course for UW medical students titled Mind, Brain, and Behavior. Marcella Pascualy, MD, has served as the Course Chair for the past 20 years and has now decided to step down from this role. She has done a sensational job in this position, displaying unwavering dedication, creativity, high standards […]
Department news | December 30, 2019
Our residency program is growing and we are making substantial investments to strengthen its administrative and faculty support. We are reviewing our curriculum and evaluation processes and anticipate significant modernization to meet the challenge of training psychiatrists for the future of psychiatry. We are also adding a new structure and additional support for our residency […]
Department news | November 30, 2019
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, a subspecialty of psychiatry focused on treating behavioral conditions in patients with medical and surgical problems, is one of our department’s strengths as indicated by the large contingent of faculty and trainees who convened in San Diego earlier this month for the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) annual meeting. Jesse Fann, MD, MHP, served as Program […]
Department news | October 31, 2019
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) have collaborated to develop video toolkits for those interested in starting a telepsychiatry practice or wanting to update their knowledge of this field. The brief videos range from four to 12 minutes and are delivered by various experts in the […]
Department news | October 31, 2019
The Center on Human Development and Disability is launching a new Project ECHO program in autism to support primary care providers in WA. With the first sessions beginning in December, ECHO Autism Washington will be a recurring telehealth training designed to disseminate evidence-based practices in diagnosis and management of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to primary care providers identified […]
Department news | September 30, 2019
This past June, the American College of Academic Addiction Medicine (ACAAM) and the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Executive Office of the President convened leaders from medical education, national medical organizations, large integrated health systems, and key federal agencies, as well as emerging addiction medicine fellowship programs and interested institutions. Richard Ries, MD, […]
Department news | June 30, 2019
We are delighted to announce that Amelia Dubovsky, MD, will become one of our two Harborview Associate Program Directors for the Psychiatry Residency Program as of August 1, 2019 joining Matt Iles-Shih, MD, MPH, in this role. Dr. Dubovsky will take over from Kathy Chen, MD, who is stepping down September 3. We would like to thank Dr. […]
Department news | June 30, 2019
We are pleased to announce Ramanpreet Toor, MD, will become the new Director of the Integrated Care Fellowship in July, 2019. Dr. Toor has been intricately involved in the Fellowship since it started in 2015 under the leadership of Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD, and has consistently demonstrated her abilities as a teacher, mentor and leader. The one-year […]
